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		<p class="inheritance" translate="no"><a href="Pass.html">Pass</a> → </p>
	<h1 translate="no">SSAOPass</h1>
		<section>
			<header>
				<div class="class-description"><p>A pass for a basic SSAO effect.</p>
<p><a href="SAOPass.html">SAOPass</a> and GTAPass produce a more advanced AO but are also
more expensive.</p></div>
				<h2>Code Example</h2>
				<div translate="no"><pre><code class="language-js">const ssaoPass = new SSAOPass( scene, camera, width, height );
composer.addPass( ssaoPass );
</code></pre></div>
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			<article>
				<h2 class="subsection-title">Import</h2>
				<p><span translate="no">SSAOPass</span> is an addon, and must be imported explicitly, see <a href="https://threejs.org/manual/#en/installation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Installation#Addons</a>.</p>
				<pre><code class="language-js">import { SSAOPass } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js';</code></pre>
				<div class="container-overview">
					<h2>Constructor</h2>
					<h3 class="name name-method" id="SSAOPass" translate="no">new <a href="#SSAOPass">SSAOPass</a><span class="signature">( scene : <span class="param-type"><a href="Scene.html">Scene</a></span>, camera : <span class="param-type"><a href="Camera.html">Camera</a></span>, width : <span class="param-type">number</span>, height : <span class="param-type">number</span>, kernelSize : <span class="param-type">number</span> )</span> </h3>
					<div class="method">
						<div class="description">
							<p>Constructs a new SSAO pass.</p>
						</div>
						<table class="params">
							<tbody>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>scene</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The scene to compute the AO for.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>camera</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The camera.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>width</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The width of the effect.</p>
										<p>Default is <code>512</code>.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>height</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The height of the effect.</p>
										<p>Default is <code>512</code>.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>kernelSize</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The kernel size.</p>
										<p>Default is <code>32</code>.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
							</tbody>
						</table>
					</div>
				</div>
				<h2 class="subsection-title">Properties</h2>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="camera" translate="no">.<a href="#camera">camera</a><span class="type-signature"> : <a href="Camera.html">Camera</a></span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>The camera.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="clear" translate="no">.<a href="#clear">clear</a><span class="type-signature"> : boolean</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Overwritten to perform a clear operation by default.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>true</code>.</p>
					</div>
						<dl class="details">
							<dt class="tag-overrides"><strong>Overrides:</strong> <a href="Pass.html#clear">Pass#clear</a></dt>
						</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="height" translate="no">.<a href="#height">height</a><span class="type-signature"> : number</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>The height of the effect.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>512</code>.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="kernelRadius" translate="no">.<a href="#kernelRadius">kernelRadius</a><span class="type-signature"> : number</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>The kernel radius controls how wide the
AO spreads.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>8</code>.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="maxDistance" translate="no">.<a href="#maxDistance">maxDistance</a><span class="type-signature"> : number</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Defines the maximum distance that should be
affected by the AO.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>0.1</code>.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="minDistance" translate="no">.<a href="#minDistance">minDistance</a><span class="type-signature"> : number</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Defines the minimum distance that should be
affected by the AO.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>0.005</code>.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="needsSwap" translate="no">.<a href="#needsSwap">needsSwap</a><span class="type-signature"> : boolean</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>Overwritten to disable the swap.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>false</code>.</p>
					</div>
						<dl class="details">
							<dt class="tag-overrides"><strong>Overrides:</strong> <a href="Pass.html#needsSwap">Pass#needsSwap</a></dt>
						</dl>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="output" translate="no">.<a href="#output">output</a><span class="type-signature"> : number</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>The output configuration.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>0</code>.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="scene" translate="no">.<a href="#scene">scene</a><span class="type-signature"> : <a href="Scene.html">Scene</a></span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>The scene to render the AO for.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="member">
					<h3 class="name" id="width" translate="no">.<a href="#width">width</a><span class="type-signature"> : number</span> </h3>
					<div class="description">
						<p>The width of the effect.</p>
						<p>Default is <code>512</code>.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<h2 class="subsection-title">Methods</h2>
					<h3 class="name name-method" id="dispose" translate="no">.<a href="#dispose">dispose</a><span class="signature">()</span> </h3>
					<div class="method">
						<div class="description">
							<p>Frees the GPU-related resources allocated by this instance. Call this
method whenever the pass is no longer used in your app.</p>
						</div>
						<dl class="details">
							<dt class="tag-overrides"><strong>Overrides:</strong> <a href="Pass.html#dispose">Pass#dispose</a></dt>
						</dl>
					</div>
					<h3 class="name name-method" id="render" translate="no">.<a href="#render">render</a><span class="signature">( renderer : <span class="param-type"><a href="WebGLRenderer.html">WebGLRenderer</a></span>, writeBuffer : <span class="param-type"><a href="WebGLRenderTarget.html">WebGLRenderTarget</a></span>, readBuffer : <span class="param-type"><a href="WebGLRenderTarget.html">WebGLRenderTarget</a></span>, deltaTime : <span class="param-type">number</span>, maskActive : <span class="param-type">boolean</span> )</span> </h3>
					<div class="method">
						<div class="description">
							<p>Performs the SSAO pass.</p>
						</div>
						<table class="params">
							<tbody>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>renderer</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The renderer.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>writeBuffer</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The write buffer. This buffer is intended as the rendering
destination for the pass.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>readBuffer</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The read buffer. The pass can access the result from the
previous pass from this buffer.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>deltaTime</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The delta time in seconds.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>maskActive</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>Whether masking is active or not.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
							</tbody>
						</table>
						<dl class="details">
							<dt class="tag-overrides"><strong>Overrides:</strong> <a href="Pass.html#render">Pass#render</a></dt>
						</dl>
					</div>
					<h3 class="name name-method" id="setSize" translate="no">.<a href="#setSize">setSize</a><span class="signature">( width : <span class="param-type">number</span>, height : <span class="param-type">number</span> )</span> </h3>
					<div class="method">
						<div class="description">
							<p>Sets the size of the pass.</p>
						</div>
						<table class="params">
							<tbody>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>width</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The width to set.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td class="name">
										<strong>height</strong>
									</td>
									<td class="description last">
										<p>The height to set.</p>
									</td>
								</tr>
							</tbody>
						</table>
						<dl class="details">
							<dt class="tag-overrides"><strong>Overrides:</strong> <a href="Pass.html#setSize">Pass#setSize</a></dt>
						</dl>
					</div>
				<h2 class="subsection-title">Source</h2>
				<p>
					<a href="https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js" translate="no" target="_blank" rel="noopener">examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js</a>
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